devout

Chefs and cooks—from haute cuisine to everyman grub—count themselves among the most devout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But despite what he has been through, the devout Jew said he refuses to feel sorry for himself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Known as the "Plain People" for the simple clothes they wear, the Amish are a devout Christian community that does not use many forms of technology, relying on horse and buggies instead of cars.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

For most of Tomlinson’s life, she regarded her mother as a flawless, devout Christian whom she desperately yearned to impress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Joey is a deeply devout Catholic, so she views her suffering through the lens of her faith.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The devouter portion of the people still pray, and on the whole, live sober, righteous and godly lives; but multitudes are discouraged, and take themselves away.

From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker

He finds them the same men, although with better and devouter hearts, as we are at this day.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various

The stronger and devouter soul cannot conceive how the weaker had yielded.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren

Robinson Crusoe on his island could not have had a devouter thankfulness when he recovered the articles from the wreck than we had in the contemplation of our treasure.

From The Wayfarers by J. C. Snaith

Mrs. Orr, devouter votary than I, explains that Browning meant "that everything which disturbs the equal balance of human life gives a vital impulse to the soul."

From Browning's Heroines by Maxwell Armfield

Neither could any other thing, according to the law of circumcision, give the devoutest person that breathed a being of membership with them.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan

Even in the most stedfast and unwavering this intercourse is characterized by tidal movements of devoutest awe Sinking anon to farthest ebb of doubt.

From Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking by Henry Sloane Coffin

The devoutest heart is conscious of shrinking dread when brought face to face with celestial brightness that has overflowed into our darkness.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Alexander Maclaren

But Christ has our devoutest love and gratitude, and our profoundest reverence.

From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker

Even your devoutest clergymen get so accustomed to it, as not to see the capital mistake they make.

From Home as Found by James Fenimore Cooper